moratorium
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Commissioners killed the moratorium 3-2, with Eagle and Samuelson voting for it.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Several local organizations have called for a two-year moratorium on the use of AI in New York's public schools, which educate more than 900,000 students.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The county is still considering how to enforce such a moratorium, and what that would cost.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
An Iranian moratorium on enriched uranium, after which enrichment would be limited to 3.67 percent, with intensive inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency;
From Slate • May 7, 2026
“Supporters of the moratorium effort can be forgiven for being so naïve,” Mauer suggests, “since the prison expansion that was about to take place was unprecedented in human history.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing moratorium
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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